Thief Snatches Woman`s Purse At Gas Station

July 30, 1986

DELRAY BEACH -- A woman`s purse was snatched from her car while she was stopped at a gas station on the 700 block of West Atlantic Avenue.

Police said the woman was filling her car with gas when a man reached in the passenger window and took her purse. The woman struggled with the thief before the man broke loose and ran off. The purse contained $30 in cash, a diamond ring worth $1,200, a $200 watch and several credit cards.